Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Vulturius

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

VULTU'RIUS. A term given to one of the throws of the dice. (Plaut. Curc. ii. 3. 77.) It is not ascertained what particular numbers came up to make a "vulture;" but it was not a good throw, though not so bad as the "dog" (canis), which was the worst of all.